Garment-fastener.



PATENTED SEPT. 24, 1907.

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SAMUEL GLADING, OF MINNEAPOLIS, MINNESOTA.

GARMENT-FASTENER.

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Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Sept. 24, 1907.

Application filed May 28, 1907. Serial No. 376,121l

To all whom it may concern.'

Be it known that I, SAMUEL GLADING, a citizen of the United States,residing in the city of Minneapolis, county of Hennepin, State ofMinnesota, have invented a new and useful Garment-Fastener, of which thefollowing is a specification.

My invention consists of a garment fastener formed of jaws, a headcarrying the same, and serrations or teeth on the inner side of thejaws, whereby the said jaws are adapted to interlock with the portion ofthe garment with which they connect, and they prevent backward or returnmotion of the fastener, while the withdrawal of the fastener from thegarment may be accomplished by continuing the sliding motion thereof inthe same direction as that employed to apply and locate the fastener.

Figure l represents a perspective View of a garment fastener embodyingmy invention. Fig. 2 represents a similar View, showing the fastener inoperative position.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in thefigures.

Referring to the drawings A designates the fastener, the same beingcomposed of the head B, jaws C, the serrations D on the inner sides ofsaid jaws it being noticed that the longer walls of the serrations inthe present instance converge downwardly, and the opening E in saidhead, said opening being in communication with the space F between thejaws, and permit the walls of said head to expand and contract andimpart resiliency to said jaws lC, whereby the latter are permitted tospread apart or open, and then close against the garment, with whichthey contact, it being seen that the shoulders G of the serrations D areon the sides of the same towards the inner terminals of the jaws C, andthe latter are open from end to end, as the space F indicates.

The operation is as followsz-The portions of a garment, say those of astocking and drawers to be fastened are formed into a bulge,` and theouter end of the space between the jaws presented to said bulge andpushed slidingly along the sides of the same, whereby the jaws separateand the serrations ride freely on the sides of the bulge until thefastener is located, when the serrations engage with said bulge and arefirmly pressed thereagainst by the resiliency of the jaws, the shouldersof the serrations preventing return motion of the fastener, and thus thelatter retains its hold on the bulge, and the stocking is reliably heldin engagement with the drawers, and so supported thereon.

When it is required to remove the fastener, it is pushed in thedirection the same as that in which it was primarily applied, theserrations then again freely riding on the sides of the bulge, and thejaws gradually passing the bulge, when the opening E in the head Breceives said bulge, and so the jaws are disconnected from the bulge andthe fastener is entirely withdrawn from the latter, thus'disengaging thestocking from the drawers.

It will be observed that my novel device in its entirety consists of thestructure seen in Fig. l and can be cheaply manufactured, since it canbe pressed or struck up from sheet metal by dies or similar devices andI am furthermore enabled to entirely dispense with supporting orattaching bands or elastics or other devices, such as have heretoforebeen used in prior art devices of this nature.

While I have specified certain means for carrying out my improvements, Ido not wish to be limited exactly to the same, but desire to make suchchanges as may ome within the scope of the appended claims.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is

1. In a fastener of the character stated having jaws, serrations on theinner faces thereof, and an open head resilicntly carrying said jaws,the longer walls of said serrations converging downwardly or toward thehead, said jaws being separated throughout their entire extent andhaving the inner terminal of the space between them in communicationwith the opening in said head.

2. A fastener of the character stated composed of jaws, a head carryingthe same, said head having an opening therein, said jaws beingrseparated their entire length and having the space between them incommunication with said openings, and serrations on the opposite innerfaces of said jaws,

3. In a fastener of the character described, a head having an eye oropening therethrough, jaws projecting from said head and provided withserrations on the inner or adjacent walls thereof, the longer walls ofsaid serrations converging toward said head and the outer extremities ofsaid jaws being rounded, whereby the garment to be fastened can bereadily inserted in position and removed by a continuation of movementin the direction in which it was inserted.

4. A fastener of the character described comprising a head having anopening, and jaws extending from said head with the space between thejaws communicating with said opening, said jaws beingseparated for theirentire length and having their adjacent faces provided with serrations,whereby the article to he fastened thereby may be inserted, and removedby a continuation of movement in the direction in which it is inserted.

SAMUEL GLADING.

Witnesses JOHN A.WInDnRsHnIM, HARRY C. DALToN.

